DCHP-3 | away (original) (raw)

a person who is not from Atlantic Canada or any of its provinces.

Quotations

1836

I guess that are citizen came from away down east out of the Notch of the White Mountains.

1979

Visitors in Newfoundland are called CFA's (Come From Away) and in honor of the CFAs, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Crosbie gave a bus tour of the city, with Gertrude Crosbie as the talking guide.

1979

A CFA, for mainlanders who haven't been exposed to Newfie jargon, is a come from away and is used to refer to anyone who isn't from Newfoundland or Labrador. They'll call you a CFA to your face, but it's perfectly acceptable; the label isn't pejorative.

1982

AS A CFA (Comes From Away), I didn't know Newfoundland could be so different and still be Canada; although, when I missed my plane connection to St. John's and had to overnight in Halifax, I should have guessed, if only from the fact that Newfoundland is half an hour later than anywhere else in Atlantic North America.

1990

The most anyone can aspire to is the title of CFA (Come-From-Away) uttered in a civil tone.

1998

I no longer feel like I come from away. Newfoundland is home.

2007

"We Newfies fear the CFAs (Come-From-Aways) will learn about Canada's best-kept secret and stake out all the good trouting spots before we get a chance to retire back home. Oh, dear, is CFA an epithet? Please don't take it badly. You're always welcome."

2008

Even if a stranger takes up residence in a village, he is a CFA, or come from away.

2008

Why, if I had a loonie for every time an Amherstonian was irritated by some CFA tourist who insisted on pronouncing the town's name with a hard 'H,' I'd be able to buy enough gasoline to travel to that fine but now increasingly distant community for a weekend visit to their lovely Farmer's Market.